King in Limbo Omnibus Vol. 02 (Vol. 03-04)

King in Limbo Omnibus Vol. 02 (Vol. 03-04)

From the creator of Apple Children of Aeon comes a gripping, six-volume thriller manga about trauma, healing, friendship, and what it means to be “sick” or “healthy.” A must for fans of suspenseful, complex manga like Naoki Urasawa’s Monster and The Promised Neverland.

In panicked whispers, the word spreads: The Sleep has returned.

Eight years ago, a sleeping sickness that fed on traumatic memories threatened human civilization. Only a two-person team, diving into the stricken patient’s mind, could cure it, and at great risk. The most skilled of these “divers” was Rune Winter, codename King, the only one who could cure the Sleep while leaving the patient’s mind intact. Now the sickness is back, and this new strain can reinfect patients who’ve been cured. As the secret threatens to leak, King and his new partner, disabled Navy veteran Adam Garfield, have stumbled upon evidence that suggests the unimaginable: Did someone release this new Sleep deliberately?

Omnibus edition includes Parts 3 and 4.

Biographical Notes:

Manga artist Ai Tanaka debuted in the Kodansha magazine ITAN in 2010 before winning broad acclaim for her three-volume series Apple Children of Aeon. Her most recent work is King in Limbo, which is being published in English by Kodansha.

Title Notes:

A disabled veteran protagonist discovers that the sleeping sickness that killed millions feeds on traumatic memories in the brain to survive, and where other doctors erase these memories, his partner believes our trauma helps make us who we are–a relatable conundrum for anyone who has experienced injury or loss.

Following in the tradition of Naoki Urasawa and such manga as Death Note, King in Limbo mixes appealing male character designs with a sophisticated, detailed globetrotting setting.

A sophisticated story and unimpeachable art will appeal to fans of pandemic fiction like The Stand and comics like Locke & Key and Gideon Falls.

More details on Ai Tanaka:

Ai Tanaka’s Twitter account

Publisher’s Twitter account